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  visual basic simple question?
 
Hi All I'm struggling with VB and spirit.ocx. I've enclosed the VB code below, but the problem I have is that whenever I try to poll the angle sensor, the value on the RCX resets to zero. Hence a zero reading, even if I am turning the angle sensor. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Multiple legOS problems
 
What is going on? I am trying to get the legOS firmware downloaded to my RCX using the firmdl3 command, but I get erratic and varying responses from "bad ir link" to "firmdl3: delete firmware failed". Every time is different, but none of them work. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: visual basic simple question?
 
mike mcfarlane <mike.mcfarlane@virgin.net> wrote in message news:FLo2JH.GwJ@lugnet.com... (...) try (...) zero (...) mode. (...) I think your problem is that the RCX zeros the sensor when you execute the SetSensorType even if it is already that (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: visual basic simple question?
 
thanks Michael, that sorted the problem (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Multiple legOS problems
 
Adam- firmdl3 uses a variety of tricks to speed up download of the binary. Unfortunately, many of them don't work when the lighting is anything less than perfect. Try firmdl3 -s to produce more reliable (but slower) downloading. I also have a short (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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